ASUS Rampage Extreme Mainboard Coming

[GAR]

except nehalems are so new and there will be bugs in the mobos paired with premium prices. q6600 was over $800 at launch, and how its just over $200. it'll probably take about a year for nehalems to hit the mainstream market so until then, the current 775 will still suffice

Yes, i have learned my lesson and am not jumping on any new technology intill it has matured, its not worth the headache that comes along when you need a stable and working 24/7 system.

[p2501]

Looks to me they were trying to get rid of leftover heat sinks they had lying around...

[DragoonXX]

What ever happened to the Pinot Noir? anyone else remember that one (yes...I know it's essentially a blinged out Rampage extreme)

[tylerw13]

Nice board, but nehalem is too close get a 775 board, it looks too bloated.

yes what he said!!! that is why i have been holding off on going to ddr3 mobo so i can upgrade all @ once when the nehalem boards come out i dont want to wast money on a new mobo when im going to replace it again @ the end of the year

[gundamit]

anyone else notice the nice big red start button?

A close-up of the button reveals ;;;



Easy Overclocking ...

[Warboy]

What ever happened to the Pinot Noir? anyone else remember that one (yes...I know it's essentially a blinged out Rampage extreme)

wrong, It was a Blinged out Striker II Extreme, Just with a Maximus extreme PCB.

[DragoonXX]

ok, I'll admit I was wrong, then again, most of the RoG boards these days all look nearly identical, meh

[MomijiTMO]

This board looks awesome but as people have said, it is quite late to hit the market.

[saaya]

its PCI not PIC

very weird pciE slot placement...

[MnM]

Nice board, but nehalem is too close get a 775 board, it looks too bloated.

says GAR after he just got an X48 board

[SimpleTECH]

Looks too cheap looking. I mean the red color really offsets the quality of the parts.

[Decami]

Oh god, another motherboard that looks like the machine city in the matrix, wonder if Neo is actually in this one, couldn't find him in the MSI boards, false advertisement i say.

sound card rox though, try to say the name 3 times fast!! Thats my test for good hardware, if you cant say the name 3 times fast, its an awesome product!

[JohnZS]

I'll probably get called a troll but as much as I think this board looks rather cool and feature rich (albeit slightly cluttered), I wish ASUS would stop churning out new boards and concentrate on fixing all the niggling glitchs, bugs and problems in their X38 based BIOSES (for the P5E series boards).

I have 2 different P5E boards (one DDR2 based 8400 PC the other DDR3 QX Yorkfield Quad based PC).
BOTH are flashed with their latest respective BIOS yet only the P5E3 has the correct voltages for the 45nm core, P5E over volts.
and then we get onto the other glitches...performance level is not described correctly in either BIOS.

If ASUS sort their BIOS' out then they would be great boards.

Getting back on Topic I do love the break out PCI-E card included with the Rampage Extreme, IMHO the P5E3 should have a PCI-E slot above the 1st graphics slot for Audio.

The other featuers such as heat sinks on the board look useful to, and the solid caps are always better than the good old caps we used to get a few years back on the ASUS boards

John

[Macadamia]

Oh god, another motherboard that looks like the machine city in the matrix, wonder if Neo is actually in this one, couldn't find him in the MSI boards, false advertisement i say.

sound card rox though, try to say the name 3 times fast!! Thats my test for good hardware, if you cant say the name 3 times fast, its an awesome product!

QFT

This is why Porsche sucks

[Tony]

Cool, only 6 months later than the rest of the competition

Originally this board I hear was cancelled due to the P5E3 Premium being so good...why bring another board to market that brings nothing new?

Now I hear they found some tweaks that will allow this board to shine above the Premium.

That is why its a little late, remember also X48 has another year at least to live so there is still a huge market for it

[Xphobe]

I personally wouldn't mind purchasing this board if it was able to OC Yorkfields as good or better then the P45, but I doubt it will be able to.

I am also in agreement with.....

Yes, i have learned my lesson and am not jumping on any new technology intill it has matured, its not worth the headache that comes along when you need a stable and working 24/7 system.

[LaMpiR]

This is DDR3 board?

[WhiteFireDragon]

yes, all the asus boards with the word "extreme" behind it is the ddr3 version

[Blacky]

looks like a hotwheels edition board

[naokaji]

very weird pciE slot placement...

can use one pci-e x1 and one pci even with dual slot cards in crossfire doesnt seem bad to me.
however, the 3 pci-e x16 slots of other boards are better if you have a pci-e raid controller along with crossfire, so it depends on personal preference.

[newls1]

Nice board, but nehalem is too close get a 775 board, it looks too bloated.

exactly, if your going to spend a million dollars on another Asus board, at least wait a few more months and get the new nehalem (sp?) boards..... Asus, and im sure most other companies will try to market the dead 775socket boards just 1 more time to get our monies, dont fall for it

[nsidious]

tempting but i'll pass

[Logos]

if you download the pic I attach now, just increase its size a bit in any viewer, not too much 'cause won't be able to read anymore, you can get the confirmation that the mobo has actually got three SATA controlers, like the Maximus II.

1st one ICH9R with 6 SATA
2d one Marvell with 2 internal PATA and one external SATA
3d one Silicon with 2 SATA

pic found on the same site as OP

OK pic is too big to upload here...link comes in a minute

http://pic.xfastest.com/MB/ASUS/RAMP...REME/RE-03.jpg

edit:
(I made a stupid confusion when I first posted here due to the same number of controllers on the RE like on the Maximus II...which doesn't change anything as to the nature of the primary controler on the RE/X48, that remains an ICH9R of course, and no ICH10R only available with P45 atm. (and BTW it's been confirm X58 will ship with ICH10R).

[Anemone]

The pci-e x1 xifi audio cards that have been on several boards now are very, very nice. In saying the board was late, I may have implied that the features were not good. That is not the case, it is a very good board from the spec sheet.

[VAdept]

Damn, I need a second job. No SLi but its not like I can afford a second 280 GTX anyway although the price war is making that a possibility each day.